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Abijah King of Judah 914-911 BC. They're Digging up Bible Stories ... Absolam's daughter. 3. With a short reign of only three years, it causes one to wonder if there is a connection with the first three years of his father Rehoboam's good reign, and Abijah's. a. Rehoboam was a good king for the first three years, but then he turned bad and worshipped idols. b. Abijah's total reign was 3 years and the details of his reign appear that he was a good king. c. Abijah rebuked Jeroboam for his idolatry went to war against Jeroboam and 500,000 men from the 10 tribes were killed directly by God: 2 Chronicles 13:4f. d. ... After Rehoboam's three good years: "Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the sins which they committed. For they also built for themselves ... Remember, there were many other times when God "killed off" gentile nations who tried to fight the Hebrews, but these are all examples of the Jews being killed off by God for their sinfulness. Summary Chart of historic Culls ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-abijah-king-of-judah-914-911bc.htm

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50 ways Harold Camping's pre-tribulation Rapture contridicts ... Truth: The kingdom is the church which was established on the day of Pentecost in 33 A.D. We are in the kingdom now: Col 1:13; Rev 1:6,9. 2. False: Reviving the Roman empire to keep time prophecies of Dan 2,7,8,9 from failing. Truth: The final kingdom Daniel saw was Rome. God set up his kingdom during the Roman ... It was a non-event... again. 9. False: The prophetic clock stopped in the 69th week of Daniel's prophecy when the Jews rejected Christ as their earthly king because God wasn't expecting the Jews to reject Jesus. Each of the first 69 weeks was a period of seven years, but he last week has already been almost 2000 years. The prophetic clock starts ticking again at the ... Bible prophets always proved it by their power, not their words. "But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant but their power. For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power. " (1 Corinthians 4:19-20) Until men like Camping perform ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-contrast-truth.htm

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The original 1830 Edition, Book of Mormon had 1000's of errors ... Original 1830 Edition, Book of Mormon Editions 1837, 1888, 1920, 1964, 1978 Title page Joseph Smith, Jr. The author and proprietor of this work Joseph Smith, Jr. the translator of this work Title page now if there be fault, it be the mistake of men... now if there are faults, they are the mistakes of men... 1 Ne 13:40 the lamb of God is the Eternal Father the lamb of God is the son of the Eternal Father 1Nephi 11:21 the Eternal Father son of the Eternal ... Order this book: 3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon by Sandra Tanner (Revised in 1996) In this study we will show that there have been at least 3,913 changes made in the Book of Mormon from the time it was first published in 1830. In making this study we obtained ... In the following extracts from the first edition of the Book of Mormon the word for has been deleted in later editions: ". . . the Lamanites did gather themselves together for to sing . . ." (page 196) [Mosiah 20:1] ". . . they did prepare for to meet them . . ." (page ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-1830-changes.htm

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100 Sabbath keeper stumper questions. Why is Moses the first one to see a stone tablet written by the finger of God? 4. Why is the weekly Sabbath commandment never quoted in the New Testament? 5. Why is the Sabbath the only one of the ten commandments that are said to be "throughout your generations", the usual phrase that indicates it was a temporary ceremonial law only for the Jews? 6. Why is there no example of exclusively Christians coming together on the Sabbath day as a church or prayer meeting after the resurrection of Christ? 7. Why is there no command in the New Testament for Christians to keep the Sabbath holy? 8. While Paul taught in the synagogues up to 84 times, why does the Bible never say he kept the sabbath? 9. If Paul's action of preaching ... Heb 7:12. And why did Jesus give a "a new commandment" in John 13:34? 35. If the ten commandments are going to be in heaven, what is the use of "thou shalt not commit adultery", if there is no marriage in heaven? Lk 20:34-35 36. If the Sabbath was given to all men, why ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-questions.htm

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Great Bible Doctrines! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca Jesus was laid in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. (Mt 27:57-60) The history of Jewish burials from the time of Abraham down to the time of Christ gives us a good idea exactly what the tomb of Jesus looked like. See examples of First century tombs ... The theme of the rejected blessing of the firstborn given to the second-born Read outline Able, Shem, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Perez, Rachel, Shimri, Christians Fulfillment and spiritual lessons of Rachel weeping for her children at Ramah. ... Tombs opened, saints resurrected 6 PM: Sunset & moonrise at precisely the same time Eclipsed blood-red moon rises (NASA) Read more The Six Trials of Jesus: 3 Jewish and 3 Roman The Jews found Jesus guilty 3 times. The Romans found Jesus Innocent 3 times. ... Various Bible topics: 1. The Bible rejects any concept of reincarnation 2. A Christian Analysis of Reincarnation in Contemporary American Society 3. The 7 Promises Of God to Man 4. Is Doctrine Important? 5. What is the true Bible "Christmas" story ... ... https://www.bible.ca/indexdoctrine.htm

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Refuted: The Christadelphian view of Resurrection, Judgement ... Prov 2:18-19; 7:14, 25-27 For those Christadelphians who say that only Jews who have offered an animal sacrifice will be raised from the dead, consider the Jewish adulteress: "I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows. ... ... the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world Acts 17:30-31. God no longer overlooks ignorance of never hearing the gospel, all will be judged, even the ignorant! ... Rev 20:12-15 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. 13 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Rev 22:12 "Therefore having ... John 5:28 "having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked." Acts 24:15 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-christadelphian-resurrection-judgement-hell.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: The Tabernacle/Temple Messianic ... Outer wall: Law of Moses created barrier between Jew and Gentile Law/barrier removed. Both Jew and Gentile welcome: Eph 2:14-15 Court: Jews only, no Gentiles Non-Christians: Jew and Gentile must sacrifice themselves and be baptized by immersion to enter church: Midrashic inference Holy Place: Priests ... and the Church. c. Before the coming of Jesus, we had no idea the Tabernacle was messianic. d. Jesus is the first person to indicate that the Tabernacle was messianic typology when He associates his crucifixion with the ... 2:19) b. "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19) c. "So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you ... For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever." (Hebrews 7:26-28) b. "For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Tabernacle-church-double-dual-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-type-antitype-veil-heaven-law-baptism-priests.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Hell & Eternal Punishment receive the eternal punishment or reward which his actions deserve. Indeed, if all men recognized this, no one would choose evil even for a short time, knowing that he would incur the eternal sentence of fire. On the contrary, he would take every means to control himself and to adorn himself in virtue, so that he might obtain the good gifts of God and escape the punishments" (First Apology 12). 150 AD Justin Martyr: "We have been taught that only they may aim at immortality who have lived a holy and virtuous life near to God. ... benefactors when they set us free from sufferings and necessities of this life, and prove themselves to be wicked, and inhuman, and bigoted. For they kill us with no intention of delivering us, but cut us off that we may be deprived of life and pleasure. (The First Apology of Justin, Chap. LVII) 150 AD Justin Martyr: the unjust and intemperate shall be punished in eternal fire. (The Second Apology of Justin For The Christians Addressed to the Roman Senate, Chap. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-hell.htm

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Biblical Age of the Earth is under 10,000 years old A. Atheist like Stephen Gould often play theologian, piously affirm, "No conflict between great ages of evolution and the Bible." "Honors God; shows grandeur and beauty of God's wisdom." 1. Truly honors God to believe His word, to accept His testimony. 2. Will see ... heaven, hell.) b) Would one decide that ancient Roman historians were all poets, there never was a literal Julius Caeser, or Emperor Tiberias. c) Follow same line of reasoning in American history, who can say George Washington, Abraham Lincoln real, not metaphorical personifications of American political and social ideals? C. Evolutionists certainly understand the significance. 1. Richard Leakey, "Lyell published the first volume of his Principles of Geology in ... Gen.5:6-7; Immaterial if Enosh was son or great-great grandson; Was born when Seth was 205 (LXX). Truth? 5. Father's age when "decedent" was born is recorded from Adam to Joseph. Irrelevant unless chronology intended. 6. Christianity, uniquely, is founded on ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/dp-age-bible.htm

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Burial Box of James, the Lord's Brother found! What is significant about this find, is that it is the only artifact of archeology in existence to connect the names Joseph, James and Jesus. Until now, all references to the three men have been found only in manuscripts. From 100 B.C. to 70 A.D., it was the custom of the Jews to leave their dead in a cave and come back one year later to retrieve the bones, which were de-articulated and placed in the ossuary. The box itself is one of hundreds that have been found in the area. The Geological Institute of Israel confirmed the inscription is written in a form of Aramaic used during the middle of the first century A.D. The burial box is currently in the hands of private ... This was due to no fault of Canada or the museum to which it was shipped. The owner had not used qualified "museum trained" packers, who if used, would have packed it properly. For the Roman Catholic or a member of an Orthodox sect this box refutes a false doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary, the mother of Jesus. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-archeolgy-burial-box-james.htm

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Reasons why the Apocrypha does NOT belong in the Bible! Roman Catholic and Orthodox Faith Examined and The Apocrypha "The Jewish canon, or the Hebrew Bible, was universally received, while the Apocrypha added to the Greek version of the Septuagint were only in a ... These books were never acknowledged as sacred Scriptures by the Jewish Church, and therefore were never sanctioned by our Lord. They were not allowed a place among the sacred books, during the first four centuries of the Christian Church. They contain fabulous statements, and statements which contradict not only the canonical Scriptures, but themselves; as when, ... And they found under the coats of the slain some of the donaries of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbiddeth to the Jews: so that all plainly saw, that for this cause they were slain. Then they all blessed ... The apocryphal books themselves make reference to what we call the Silent 400 years, where there was no prophets of God to write inspired materials. And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-apocrypha.htm

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Diocletian's destruction and Constantine's production of scripture men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Diocletian's destruction and Constantine's production of scripture Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page Diocletian's destruction and Constantine's production of scripture Introduction: 303 AD the Roman Emperor, Diocletian calls for the destruction of all the scriptures of the Christians. Obviously there must have been a set of books (a canon) so well defined and universally accepted, that even outsiders knew which books the Christians considered as scripture. The edict of Diocletian, therefore shows that long before the first extant ... Christians themselves thought they had an identifiable set of scriptures, for they immediately experienced a moral dilemma over giving up documents to the authorities, an issue that became the occasion for the Donatist ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-diocletians-destruction-constantines-production-scripture.htm

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The Watchtower's falsifying of their own War time history ... Jehovah's Witnesses had clear precedents for refusing to obey Hitler's wrongful demands. For example, when Jesus' first-century apostles were ordered to cease declaring the good news about Christ, they refused. They said: "We must obey God as ruler rather than men." The Bible says that for their determined stand, the authorities "flogged them, and ordered them to stop speaking upon the basis of Jesus' name." Yet, the apostles refused to obey that God defying order. "They ontinued without letup teaching and declaring the good news." --Acts 5:29, 40-42. Many early Christians died because they obeyed God rather than men. Scores perished in Roman arenas because they refused, ... Well, Jehovah's Witnesses have unshakable confidence in God's ability to restore them to life. (Acts 24:15) So Witnesses have the same attitude as did three young Hebrews in ancient Babylon. When threatened with death in a fiery furnace, they told King Nebuchadnezzar "If it is to be, our God whom we are serving is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-awake-August-22-1995.htm

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Apostle Paul never kept the sabbath, certainly not 84 times as ... ... "And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them." 78 Grand total of Sabbaths 84 Sabbaths Click to View Proof Apostle Paul did not keep the Sabbath these 84 times: A. The Bible no where says that Paul or ANY Christian kept the Sabbath according to the commandment after the resurrection. What we do have are frequent examples of Paul preaching to non-Christian Jews in THEIR synagogue on THEIR Sabbath day, that they are lost without Jesus! Should this surprise us? Do Sabbatarians Pastors "keep Sunday" if they preach in a Christian church on the first day of the week? B. These passages speak of Paul preaching to the non-Christian Jews in their synagogues. ... They will certainly hear that you have come. "Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses in order that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-paul-kept.htm

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The Sinner's Prayer: Modern apostasy and false teaching that ... The Sinner's Prayer: "Modern apostasy and false teaching that prevents men from being saved." The earliest notion of sinners prayer is less than 500 years old. It wasn't formalized as a theology until ... that thwarts God's plan of salvation. 1. First they replaced believers baptism by immersion with infant baptism by sprinkling. 2. Second they later replaced baptism altogether with the "sinners prayer" so that baptism is no longer even part of the plan of salvation. If you prayed the "sinners prayer" for your salvation, you are still lost in your sins, because it is not what God said to do. ... There were also Calvinists (Presbyterian), the Church of England (Episcopalian), various branches of Anabaptists and, of course, the Roman church (Catholics). Most of these groups were trying to ... Thus, in the 1960s, the Living Bible's translation became the translation of choice for the crusades as follows: "Even in his own land and among his own people, the Jews, he was not accepted. Only a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-sinners-prayer.htm

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Interactive Bible Home Page www.bible.ca It is fun!!! 4. Fundamental Bible Doctrines What the Bible teaches on doctrinal subjects 5. Do you know what your church teaches: Official teachings of almost every church. 6. Sin and Morality How God expects you to ... AD. 3. Bible Chronology 4. Panoramic photos of Israel 5. Antique Bible maps 6. History of Christianity: Ancient Literary sources 7. Early Christians Speak! Historical documentation of what early Christians believed 8. The Origin of Synagogues as a model for the Christian church 9. Septuagint and Bible manuscript variants in the Old Testament ... Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire (Egypt): 323-31BC e. Seleucid Empire Coins: 321-64BC f. Maccabean, Hasmonean Coins: 166-37 BC g. Roman Empire Caesar and Emperor Coins 31 BC - 476 AD h. The Judean Kings, Governors, ... not a person) 10. Rapture and Pre-millenialism A system that teaches our God couldn't make it happen the first time! 11. Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! 12. Anti-Sola Scriptura Those ... ... https://www.bible.ca/

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Study resources for the Old and New Testament Canon Study resources for the Old and New Testament Canon A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, ... From: Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate, Appendix A, B, p 580-584, 2002 Appendix A: Primary Sources for the Study of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Canon By Lee Martin McDonald The following ancient sources are those most often cited by modern scholars investi- gating the origins and development of the Old/First Testament or Hebrew Bible. This list is not exhaustive, but ... Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.25.3-14, indi-cates that Origen added the books of the Maccabees (as "outside books") to the Hebrew Bible that he knew from contacts with Jews in the third century C.E. On his NT, see Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.25.3-14. f. Tertullian, Marc. 4.2.2,5; Prax. 15; and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-resource-list-macdonald.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... After Moses time, the Tabernacle and temple were maintained without the need or aid of miraculous powers, skills or wisdom The Bible Written by direct inspiration Revelation completed. Word copied, transmitted and distributed by natural means, unaided by God. The Church began by miracle on Pentecost Men have started new local churches since the first century without the need or aid of ... John 3:2 "Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to Him by night, and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." 5. The alleviation of suffering was a secondary benefit to the primary purpose of ... These people are believers in the divine Lord Jesus Christ and trust in his blood for salvation, but are condemned in Judgement. c. Jesus foresees modern Pentecostals and Charismatics. These believers were SHOCKED that they were lost! They considered themselves the spiritual elite! They thought they ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-intro.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet They are in fact being deceived by their own church! The truth is that this is still the official position, but they are sending out mixed signals. Prior to 1980, (when news of White's plagiarism was first published by Walter Rea) ALL ADVENTISTS viewed White as an inspired prophet. However, now that is it an absolute proven ... Such statements are: lies, deception and a radical departure from both the current official position of the SDA church AND the historical foundation of the very denomination itself. Don't be deceived new convert! Such changes are also occurring in the Mormon church who are watering down the long standing claims of Joseph ... "Although I am as dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord in writing my views as I am in receiving them, yet the words I employ in describing what I have seen are my own." (EGW, Selected Messages, 3 bks. (Washington: RHPA, 1958-58-80), bk. l, p. 37) In 1876 she was to say: "In ancient times God spoke to men by the mouth of prophets and apostles. In ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WhiteInspire.htm

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Creeds violate sola Scriptura because they compete with the authority ... ancient "rule of faith" (regula fidei) was not a creed! Click to View Luther and Calvin merely replaced Catholic creedalism with their own creeds. Luther and Calvin practiced "pseudo-Sola Scriptura" because they used creeds in addition to the Bible. Click to View "Luther and Calvin contradicted themselves because they claimed to use the Bible only, then went on to write creeds in addition to the Bible." "Though he may have coined the slogan, the fact is that Luther himself did not practice Sola Scriptura. If he had, he'd have tossed out the Creeds and spent less time writing commentaries." (Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament?, Fr. James Bernstein, Orthodox churchman, 1994, p 21) Click to View Refutation of the false Roman Catholic and Orthodox ... It makes us grieve when denominations use creeds instead of the Bible alone. Israel claimed that a king was essential when they chose Saul. God was furious because they had in fact rejected God as being king. (1 Samuel ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-creeds.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 350 AD: Hilary of Poitiers "Such is their error, such their pestilent teaching; to support it they borrow the words of Scripture, perverting its meaning and using the ignorance of men as their opportunity of gaining credence for their lies. Yet it is certainly by these same words of God that we must come to understand the things of God." (Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, Book IV, 14) Click to View An amazing text that refutes the Roman Catholic and Orthodox apologists claim that the church refuted heresy with "tradition" ... Or even simpler, "Be silent heretic, and read the Nicene creed for yourself!" "In order to solve as easily as possible this most difficult problem, we must first master the knowledge which the Divine Scriptures give of Father and of Son, that so ... After each statement of faith, he refers the reader, not to some human creed, council or the authority of the church, but to the scriptures themselves! He feels that the scriptures, not some creed, are able to "resists all attack" from heretics! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hilary.htm

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Apostate church organization: 588 - 606 AD: The final dog fight ... III. Phocas writes to the new bishop of Rome, Boniface III and through imperial decree of the Roman government, proclaims Boniface III, as the "Head of all the Churches" and "Universal Bishop". ... It is interesting that the first eastern leader (John IV) to proclaim himself as "universal bishop" and the first western (Boniface III) leader, to do the same, died within 12 months of claiming to be the "universal bishop". Was God sending a message here? 9 In summary, when John IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, started calling himself the "Universal Bishop" Gregory I, Patriarch of Rome, did not ... Next to Leo I. he was the greatest of the ancient bishops of Rome, and he marks the transition of the patriarchal system into the strict papacy of the middle ages. For several reasons we prefer to ... of Christ partially to certain heads, as if beside Christ, though this were to the apostles themselves, what wilt thou say to Christ, who is the Head of the universal Church, in the scrutiny of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-588-606AD.htm

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Sabbath Vs. 1st Day Debate: Samuele Bacchiocchi ... resurrection, is obligated to observe the first day of the week as a day of worship. Allow me now to make very clear what the issue is NOT in this debate. 1. The issue is not whether Jesus observed the Sabbath. I agree that He did. However, He lived under the old law. 2. The issue is not whether Paul preached on the Sabbath. Showing that someone preached on a particular day does not prove that this is the day which God wants His people to assemble for worship. 3. The issue is not whether the Jews of Old Testament times observed the Sabbath. I agree that they did. ... Recently I have been involved in a dialogue with thousands of former members and ministers of the Worldwide Church of God who have challenged me to reconsider my views on the ancient Feasts of Israel. I accepted ... If you read the 30 pages appendix of my dissertation FROM SABBATH TO SUNDAY, you will see that throughout the centuries this text has been used even by men like Luther and Calvin as a proof that Christ by His ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi-lewis-debate.htm

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High self esteem is atheistic paganism! Psychiatry promotes Self ... ... First on his list of causes of melancholy was: "SINFUL Impatience, Discontents and Cares, proceeding from a Sinful Love of some bodily Interest, and from want of sufficient Submission to the will of God, and Trust in him, and taking Heaven for a satisfying Portion. This is one of the most common Causes". He then ... Luke 6:32 The "positive image" movement, is the devil's way of getting men to praise men, rather than praising God. Chemical psychiatry promotes high self-esteem which makes men focus inwardly on themselves, rather than outwardly on God The mental health industry wants to make you a king on the throne of your own life, rather than denying self, dying to self and putting ... Psalm 62:9 "I said in my alarm, "All men are liars."" Psalm 116:11 "What then? Are we [God's people] better than they [Gentiles]? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; as it is written, "There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands, There is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-self-esteem-vs-biblical-selflessness.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 2:23 "He shall be ... ... Since Matthew wrote in Greek, this argument was directed at the Jerusalem elite who had already made the connection as soon as the general population began announcing the messiah to be Jesus the Nazarene (branch). The first century expectation of the Messiah was fueled by a whole series of ... Pilate clearly designed the inscription to snub and annoy the temple academics by the wording that emphasized the difference of the two verdicts where the three Jewish trials judged Jesus guilty but the three Roman trials judged Jesus innocent and proclaiming Jesus was their king. This is one thing Pilate got right and the Jews God wrong. iv. "As for the notice itself, its implication that the Jews are a ... On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached the very first sermon and his opening statement was to say that JESUS THE BRANCH and 3000 repented and were baptized for the remission of their sins: i. ""Men of Israel, listen to these words: JESUS THE NAZARENE [BRANCH], a man attested to you by God ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew-2-23-triple-messianic-prophecy-Jesus-called-Nazarene-branch-from-branchland-holy-despised-Nazareth.htm

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Ai, Israel: Khirbet El-Maqatir: Master Index of Free Bible Maps ... Four Archeological time periods you can help dig! 1. Late bronze: 1400 BC. The time of Joshua during the conquest. 2. Iron 1: 1200 BC. The time of Judges when Deborah lived. 3. Time of Christ: 50 AD Roman house 4. Byzantine: 350 AD Church marking Ai of Abraham. Events at this ... And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together." (Genesis 13:3-6) b. This is when Lot chose to live near Sodom and God have Abraham the land. 3. Ai was the second town defeated in the Israeli conquest of 1400 BC. The first time Israel tried take Ai, they were defeated and 36 men were killed, because Achan had hid some gold bars under his tent ... For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Israel took only the cattle and the spoil of that city as plunder for themselves, according to the word of the LORD which He had commanded ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/maps/bible-maps-master-index-ai-israel-khirbet-el-maqatir.htm

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Development of Trinity Doctrine from the Old to the New Testament ... must be killed (Dan 9:26 = Lk 9:22) The Messiah was to be raised from the dead (Ps 16:10 + Lk 24:46) Immortality and eternal life (Dan 12:3 = 2 Tim 1:10) That the first covenant (10 Commandments) would be abolished and replaced by a new covenant (Jer 31:31f = Heb 8:6-13). ... From Moses to Christ, God's name was YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah). For Christians the name of God is JESUS! "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Certainly the Jews never foresaw the time when YHWH would no longer be used as the name for God and it would be replace with Jesus! But actually, in God's providence, the Jews were actually part of ... Meanwhile, thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses are also deceived. The Essenes and even the disciples, incorrectly expected the messiah to deliver the Jews from Roman domination and restore an independent Jewish nation, (Acts 1:6) yet they were clearly mistaken about this role ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development-old-testament.htm

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Seventh Day Adventist Church controversy: The Arrest and Trial ... Witnesses a Miracle of Mrs. White In the fall of 1846 Dammon accompanied the Whites and Joseph Bates on a trip to Poland, Maine. According to a second-hand account written by J.N. Loughborough in The Prophetic Gift in the Gospel Church, the horse pulling their wagon was "partly-broken" and its wild, erratic behavior had in the past caused the death of two men. Loughborough writes that in the midst ... It has been some twenty years or more since we were associated with Mrs. W.; but we remember very perfectly that her first visions or vision was told both by herself and others (especially by Mrs. W.) ... After that, she saw them finally lost. How could both be true? I think one was just as true as the other, and that God never told her any such thing. (An Examination of Mrs. Ellen White's Visions, ... "The most of these signers were as deeply in fanaticism as [James and Ellen White] themselves; some were leading ones. But signers who had not been personally associated in the fanaticism being ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-arrest-trial-israel-dammon.htm

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Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from 33 AD - 400 AD A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not ... I. Stumper Questions for Roman Catholics and Orthodox: If the Roman Catholic church gave the world the Bible, being infallible, then why did Rome reject or question the inspiration of James and Hebrews , then later accept it? Conversely, Rome ... None of the New Testament books were yet written. 49 AD: first inspired New Testament book written: Acts 15:19:29. We learn about this first book, because it is embedded within the book of Acts. This marks the beginning of the creation of the ... branches of the church reached a decision regarding the canon's scope which then generally became normative for the ancient church. (The New Testament as canon, Brevard S. Childs, 1984, p 18) III. Roman Catholic and Orthodox confuse the issue: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm

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The weekly Sabbath is abolished, being nailed to the cross! Click to View Colossians 2:14-16: The Sabbath was nailed to the cross Click to View Proof early Christians worshipped on the first day AND NEVER keep the Sabbath! Click to View Stunning new documentary book exposes Sabbath keepers as frauds and ... Click to View The Sabbath is an Old Testament shadow or anti-type of heaven and was never intended endure past the cross. God gave the Jews many physical anti-types that were replaced with new meaning in the New Testament. Incense, priestly garments and the ... Click to View Most Sabbatarians regularly break the very Sabbath they claim to keep! Keeping the Sabbath involves MUCH more than merely resting. Modern Sabbath Keepers would be condemned by any ancient Jewish priest that knew his Bible! Click to ... The fallacy of this is illustrated by the fact that many Sabbatarians, who do not participate in Halloween, will themselves will refer to it as a time system. They might say, "Our church is having a party for the kids, Halloween night." In the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath.htm

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Book of Mormon Witnesses all later DENIED its truthfulness! we shall rid our garments of the blood of all men, and be found spotless before the judgment-seat of Christ, and shall dwell with him eternally in the heavens.. And the honor be to the Father, & to the Son, & to the Holy Ghost, which is One God. Amen.' Signed: Oliver Cowdery & David Whitmer & Martin Harris And Also The Testimony Of Eight Witnesses BE IT KNOWN unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That Joseph Smith, Jun., the translator of this work, has shown unto us the plates of which hath been spoken, which have the appearance of gold ; and as many of the leaves as the said Smith has translated we did handle with our hands; and we also saw the engravings thereon, all of which has the appearance of ancient work, and of curious workmanship. ... In fact, David Whitmer never returned to the LDS church that he was a witness for, but joined splinter groups that denied the original LDS church he was first a member of. C. Specific details of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-witness-book.htm

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Rylands, John: Bulletin of The John Rylands Library Our comment: The Watchtower quotes this same section twice, first in large text as an inset, WITHOUT ANY ELIPSES ("...") to show they deleted some text. The second time, in small text, the Watchtower uses "..." to show they deleted text, but the text they deleted proves the author not only rejected Jesus was God, but also the Christ! How satanic for Jehovah's Witnesses to need to even misquote and ... But let me give another view. Karl Rahner, the eminent Roman Catholic theologian, considers that there are reliable applications of " theos " to Christ in six texts (Romans ix. 5 f. ; John i. 1, 18, ... with proneness to Docetism and Apollinarianism-Docetism being that ancient heresy which denied the physical reality of Christ's human body, while Apollinarianism could not allow him a human mind. ... Jewish Scriptures, Judaism, the cradle of Christianity, sometimes went surprisingly far in applying divinizing terms to angels, to the personalized concepts of Wisdom and the Logos and even to men. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Rylands.htm

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Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? V21 "And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt." 2 Chronicles 6:11: "And there I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with the sons of Israel." Hebrews 9:1,4 "Now even the first covenant had ... the tables of the covenant" 10 Commandments (old covenant) abolished Let it be remembered that the law of Moses was the constitution of ancient Israel and ended at the cross (Colossians 2:14). It was a covenant solely between God and Israel ... It affirms the existence of but one true God, thus denying polytheism and atheism. Faith in one God has always been right. Thus when Paul and Barnabas were hailed as Roman gods by the citizens of Lystra, the preachers cried out, ". . . We also are men of like passions with you., and preach unto you that you should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-10-commandments.htm

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Holy Spirit in the Old Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... God did not literally dwell in Solomon's temple. e. David understood that saying God "indwelt" the temple was really an all-inclusive metaphor that described a place where men could connect with the divine providence (eyes), prayer (ears), love (heart) and family (name) of God. f. The same thing is true in the church today. Christians themselves are the temple of God and therefore direct beneficiaries of God's providence (eyes), prayer any place they stand ... news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;" (Isaiah 61:1) b. ""Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. ... 7:12) 2. In 592 BC, God called for the idol worshipping, immoral Jews to repent, which was equal to "a new heart and spirit inside them": a. 592 BC: "Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-Old-Testament.htm

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TRINITY: Christology: Diety and Humanity of our Savour! The definition of God is based upon the status of NOT being a creature, as opposed to attributes like being omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. In other words, Jesus differs from men and angels because they are created and He is not, regardless of the power they possess. For example, if God granted man or angels to be omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, they would NOT be God but a creature. 2. It is noteworthy that Gnosticism was the first heresy regarding the nature of Christ: a. It dates to about ... ""For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water." (Jeremiah 2:13) "O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You will be put ... will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."" (John 4:13f) "The Jews then said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-deity-of-christ.htm

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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God ... To study the gradual transition from an unformulated Biblical witness to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we look first to the Eastern Church where most of this development took ... The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the Synoptics [Gospels] and in Acts as a divine force or power." (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) The spirit of Yahweh was often described in personal terms. The spirit was grieved, guided men, instructed them, caused them to rest (Ps 143.10; Neh 9.20; Is 63.10, 14). But it seems quite clear that the Jews never regarded the spirit as a person; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old Testament writer held this ... God may be everything to everyone' (1 Cor 15.28). Taken by themselves these passages might warrant the conclusion that Paul held a merely subordinationist view of Christ and did not place Him on the same divine level with the Father. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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Terah's begetting age of Abram: Terah was 130 not 70 years old ... Because of a sloppy reading of Genesis 11:26, most people wrongly believe that Terah was 70 when Abraham was born. Historically, the Jews living from 300 BC down to 70 AD generally all misinterpreted the age to be 70 years old. In spite of Acts 7:4, several ancient Christian sources also got it wrong. Presently among modern Rabbinical Jews, it ... Today, we know Terah lived 205 years and begat Abraham at age 130. There never was a problem and it is always better to obey God in not changing the text of the Bible because your change you think correct a previous ... Notice it says all three brothers were born in the same year, indicating the need to uses wisdom and deduction to solve the actual birth order. 2. Abraham is NOT firstborn even though he is listed first in Gen 11:26: ... The theme of the rejected blessing of the firstborn given to the second-born Read outline Ten people who had their blessing stolen: Able, Shem, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Perez, Rachel, Shimri, Christians 3. The New ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-Chronology-variants-theological-interpretation-Old-Testament-Book-of-Genesis-11-32-Terah-70-beget-abraham-born-130-years-textual.htm

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Hebrew, Jewish, Yehuda, Bible coins of the Persian Empire ... Thus it is used of an Israelite living in the province of Judea (Judah) during the Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman periods. It is most frequent in Esther, where it denotes all Israelites (cf. the application of the term to Mordecai, who was of the tribe of Benjamin: 2:5; 3:5; 5:13; etc.); the same usage is found in Daniel (3:8, 12). Hence the term ... The word "Jew" is common today but no one in the Bible before the Babylonian Captivity of 587 BC was ever called a JEW. JEW and Christian were names enemies gave the people of God. The first time any Hebrew was called a Jew is after the Babylonian captivity of 587 BC: i. "But it came about in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews [literally: Yehudim] and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah." (2 Kings 25:25) The first time JEW is used in Ezra, was by the enemies of the Hebrews in a letter to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Persian-Empire-539-333BC.htm

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804 BC: "Trust Nebo Alone" and praise statue of Adad-Nirari III ... men were giving Nebo 200 years earlier. Daniel applies the identical praise found on this Nebo statue, to YHWH in Dan 2:20-23. This would not have gone unnoticed by Nebuchadnezzar who would later voice the same words himself of praise to YHWH! Detailed outline on Adad-Nirari III "What we read in the book, we find in the ground" Introduction: The two inscribed statues of idol god Nebo were commissioned around 804 BC by Adad-Nirari III, (King of Assyria: 810-783) to be set up in the temple of Nebo in Nimrud, the ancient city of Calah mentioned in Genesis 10:11-12. There were actually a total of ... They are carried on ox carts They cannot rescue you, but have gone into captivity themselves" (Isaiah 46:1) Nebo was the keeper of the "book of life" and recorded the good and bad deeds of man in ... According to the text, he dedicated the statues to the life of the king, Adad-narari III, and the king's mother, Semiramis." (Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, Adad-Nirari III, Trust ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-inscriptions-archeology-Adad-Nirari-III-Trust-Nebo-Nebu-alone-Isaiah46-1-stones-trees-stupid-foolish-delusional-statue-Calah-Nimrod-804bc.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-kuntillet-ajrud-anchor Edward Palmer, one of the first explorers of Sinai, visited the sitein 1869. He arranged an exploratory dig at the site during which the first written find was discovered: the letter 'alef incised on a fragment, which Palmer mistook for a Greek alpha. Palmer erred greatly in dating the site, and identi-fied it with the Roman "Gypsaria," which on the -tabula Peutingeriana" appears between "Elusa" (Halutza) arid "Ada" (Eilat). In 1902 the surveyor H. Musil visited the site. He arrived after hearing a rumor about the discovery of an ancient inscription there. He described in colorful ... These have no usual doorway but instead are connected to the bench room by very narrow "windows" whose sills are formed by the lateral benches themselves. By examining these benches it became clear that ... The bench room's design and its remains (particularly the inscriptional remains—see below) suggest that here travel-ers could honor the Israelite god by offering various items to him. The two long rooms ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-kuntillet-ajrud-zeev-meshel-anchor-bible-dictionary-1991ad.htm

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Mormonism: "As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be." ... We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see. ... "These are incomprehensible ideas to some, but they are simple. It is the first principle of the gospel to know for a certainty the character of God, and to know that we ... He taught anew that God was in the form of man; that man was made in the image of God; and he taught the principles of justice, mercy, charity, and forgiveness. ... He taught the truths that the Prophets before him had taught; and he went beyond them. ... Joseph Smith taught men to look up to heaven and conceive of a God in the form of man. He taught them that they could ... Then God our Father--yes, and our Mother--in heaven, looking down upon this world-- this school house in which their children are being educated--expect, and Joseph Smith taught it as a truth, that their children will be exalted, if they pursue the proper course, until they shall become divine beings themselves... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-adam-god.htm

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CAN A CHRISTIAN BE LOST? And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and ... The day of Pentecost here in Acts 2, happened in about 33AD. This was the day the Holy Spirit fell upon the twelve apostles. Thousands gathered to hear the first gospel sermon preached by Peter. The masses were amazed that the apostles were speaking in tongues (human languages that they had not learned) The masses were divided as to why the men were speaking in tongues. The Bible says: ... Acts 2:16 "but THIS is what was spoken of, through the prophet Joel". Question: Why did Peter say that the men were speaking in tongues? It was to fulfill the ancient prophecy of Joel. I don't ... Here is what Joel's prophecy said, as quoted by Peter in Acts 2:17 'And it shall be in the last days,' God says, 'That I will pour forth of My Spirit upon all mankind; And your sons and your daughters ... ... https://www.bible.ca/lastAx2.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Hippolytus Not according to our own will, nor according to our own mind, nor yet as using violently those things which are given by God, but even as He has chosen to teach them by the Holy Scriptures, so let us discern them." (Hippolytus, Against Noetus, ch 9) Click to View This is a powerful contradiction and refutation to the modern Roman Catholic and Orthodox view of tradition. Although Hippolytus was fully aware that the gospel was first preached 100% orally through the apostles and prophets even before the first book of the New Testament ... They do not, however, attend to this (fact), that the legal enactment was made for Jews, who in times to come should kill the real Passover. And this (paschal sacrifice, in its efficacy,) has spread unto the Gentiles, and is ... Hippolytus was the bishop of Rome and for reasons unknown, came up with an entirely new way of calculating the date for Passover. (Easter) What is so important about this example, is that Hippolytus labeled these men Quartodecimans ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hippolytus.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33 ... Forget, for argument sake, that I have openly taught you I am uncreated God and lets find agreement on a lower level first. Until you can comprehend this easier concept, I find it a waste of time trying to convince you of the more difficult truth that I ... actually went around calling themselves "gods". So the lesser title would correspond to a lesser being. III. False interpretation of Arians: (Jehovah's Witness, Christadelphian) "Your charge of blasphemy is irrelevant since they were called "gods" and I have claimed to be something lower than "a god", namely "a son of God". By this I am making it clear that I am not claiming to equal with the Father. I am merely like these other men whom God calls "a god" or "a son of God". You have misunderstood me because I certainly am a creature just like you and am not fully divine or equal to the Father. If you were my sheep, you would understand what I am really saying and not try to stone me or charge me with blasphemy." The Jews wrongly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john10-30.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the church by the Holy Spirit ... The Holy Spirit gave us the Bible and we can understand it as any other book. Why can we understand newspapers, but not the Bible without the Holy Spirit? This false doctrine makes God incapable of writing to be understood, while men can be understood in the newspaper. It also makes all books on ... Sola Scriptura home page Click to View The church is not an infallible interpreter of scripture! I. Oral Traditionalists: Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches "But the appeal to antiquity is both a treason and a heresy. It is a treason because it ... context, however, the Scriptures become just another set of ancient texts, open to as many interpretations as the imagination of man can conceive. (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 109) Just as some argue that the age of miracles ceased when the last Apostle drew his last breath, so Evangelicals argue that the age of oral tradition suddenly stopped at the end of the first century. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-church.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The rock of the wilderness that followed them ... They merely expanded the theme to connect by inference, without specific revelation, that God was following them through the Rock and other providential acts, not that the Rock literally followed them. This is our view and is supported by the context and the universal witness of the Apostolic Fathers. Some of the Jewish traditions themselves take a symbolic view of the rock that followed them, not literal. Notice the variation in the verbal traditions of the Jews. Some traditions state that "the rock" was the literal rock, while others said it was "the water", ... This certainly is possible, but gives no help to Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders of oral tradition because the oral tradition itself in this case was filled with fable and contradictions. A. Biblical ... The enemies following behind perish, as past sins are put away." (Augustine-Anti-Manichaean Writings, Book 12, 29) C. Commentators and sources: The old Jewish legend relates that after the first water-miracle ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-christ-rock-followed-1-cor-10-4.htm

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Is Jesus Christ, God's only true Son? His claims set him apart from all other religious leaders. Others were self-effacing; he was self-advancing. They pointed away from themselves and said, "That is the truth, as I have discovered it; follow that". Christ pointed to himself and said: ... Probably the boldest assertion Christ ever made about his divinity was to the Jews in John 8:56-59. When Jesus remarked that Abraham rejoiced to see his day, the Jews retorted: "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?". Jesus replied: "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." The designation, "I am", was a special title in the Jewish tradition reserved for God, alone; it was, indeed, the divine first name, the name God told Moses in Exodus 3:14 to tell the ... This last assertion was truly a bold claim; surely only a God could untangle the confused motives of men and peer with unadulterated vision into the tortured wellsprings of human behavior and render an equitable verdict on a man's entire life. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-Christ-gods-only-son.htm

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Differences between three different types or Mormons "A Synopsis of the Church of Christ Beliefs and Practices as Compared to Other Latter Day Saint Churches" By Sheldon, William A., "Apostle" of the Temple Lot Mormons: During the lifetime of the prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., the church he ... time of Christ and the ancient apostles. This was, in fact, the intent of God as revealed in the Book of Commandments 4:5, in March 1829: "And thus if the people of this generation harden not their hearts, I will work a reformation among them, and I will put down all lyings, and deceivings, and priestcrafts...and I will establish my church, like unto the church which was taught by my disciples in the days of old." This is deleted from all books of Doctrine and Covenants, which was first published in 1835, two years ... Many changes were made in the revelations to support offices not originally provided for, and these were introduced by men-not God! All comparison to the divine pattern should be with the New Testament of the Bible and with the Book of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/mor-church-of-christ-temple-lot-mormons-1830.htm

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Apostate church organization: 250-451AD: The rise of the diocesan ... This was documented in the previous study. Click here for more: Outline: 150-250 AD 300 AD: "The rise of metropolitans." These men were nothing more than the diocesan bishops from the large and ... Patriarchs grew directly out of metropolitans. Patriarch is directly equivalent to the office of "pope". The Roman Catholic church as a single Patriarch today which they call the "Pope" and the ... three got honorable mention in the Nicene Council: "Let the ancient customs in Egypt, Libya and Pentapolis prevail, that the Bishop of Alexandria have jurisdiction in all these, since the like is customary for the Bishop of Rome also. Likewise in Antioch and the other provinces, let the Churches retain their privileges. (The First Ecumenical Council of Nice, Canon VI, 325 AD) Click to View ... There is clearly no papal monarchy in existence, even though again, Rome is seen as first among equals. But this is because Rome was the most powerful city in the world, not because God had chosen ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-250-451AD.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 325 AD: Athanasius No extra-Biblical tradition here in the mind of Athanasius! "Such then, as we have above described, is the madness and daring of those men. But our faith is right, and starts from the teaching of the Apostles and tradition of the ... the Fathers, who in their turn received from the great and blessed Apostle Peter ... but where only the fear of God and the Apostolical rule shall prevail; that so in the first place, the faith of the Church may be secure, as the Fathers defined it in the Council of Nicaea (Athanasius, ... We do not question that Athanasius took the view that there was a tradition based upon succession of bishops in all the hundreds of churches. We simply point out that until the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches can point out a ... Therefore Paul justly praises the Corinthians [1 Cor 11:2] , because their opinions were in accordance with his traditions. And the Lord most righteously reproved the Jews, saying, `Wherefore do ye also transgress the commandments of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-athanasius.htm

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